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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1906
Page
3
Visitors at the United States Department of Agriculture station in Connecticut report outstanding results in breeding for uniformity of tobacco strains. The program will continue, with seed saved in bags producing larger, heavier plants less prone to disease and safeguarded from accidental cross fertilization by insects.
A Farm Journal excerpt urges practical, moral guidance for rural life. It warns against dropping forks in barn passageways, neglecting grease on wheels, and disposing orchard debris that harms insects. It cautions against distant mining investments and stresses thinking before speaking to maintain harmony at Thanksgiving.
Farmers are urged to plow in fall to kill white grubs and aerate soil. Gather dry firewood and prepare stables. Clear old unproductive fruit trees and replace with vigorous nursery stock. Do this now so women won’t struggle for wood in snow and so work can finish before year end.
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Clinton Street Napoleon Colorado details a decade of kidney pain and vision issues. She credits Deans Kidney Pills with rapid relief and eventual cure, noting the product’s price and availability. Depew writes reminiscences from Ardsley on the Hudson reflecting on fifty years of public life and potential publication interest for his son.
An advertisement extols Hunt's Lightning Oil as an exceptional emergency remedy for cuts burns sprains aches and pains. It asserts confidence and guarantees no disappointment, presenting the product as the grandest remedy then obtainable.
A gude to etiquette from the early nineteenth century extols soap as gentle on the complexion and notes daily washing becoming standard. It mocks ancestors who only dabbed rose water on the cheeks and cautions the bath guidance applies to those in sound health.
An article praises Walter Baker & Co Breakfast Cocoa as a perfect nutritious food. notes its 126 years of success and authentic branding in Dorchester Mass along with cautions about imitations and the Chocolate Girl trademark. It also reports French chauffeur license rules requiring medical fitness and sobriety to operate vehicles.
The education committee of the London County Council recommends opening Irish language and literature classes in public elementary schools across Finsbury Islington St Pancras and Stepney.
Mrs Nathaniel Field of St Albans Somerset county Maine credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing her anemia after months of illness. She recounts pale skin, gas, backache and crippling headaches then notes weight gain from 120 to 164 pounds after treatment. The pills are advertised as blood builders sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady NY.
Dr. J. McBryde, president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Va., has been placed on the retired list as a pensioner of the Carnegie foundation. He is the third Virginia educator to receive this distinction.
An advertisement touts Hunt's Cure as an absolute and immediate cure for any itching skin condition. It claims the product guarantees complete relief and says the guarantee lasts twenty years. The copy playfully references Shakespeare to imply certainty.
Cincinnati council acts to curb husband desertion and unauthorized furniture mortgages. Mortgage lenders have influenced cases, prompting an ordinance requiring both spouses to sign mortgage papers for validity.
An advertisement touts Simmons' Cough Syrup as a sure remedy for coughs colds sore throats and chest complaints urging immediate use. The page also includes a brief humorous quote about a talkative person and another comment from Miss Kayene about him.
Garfield Remedies promote Garfield Tea as complying with the National Pure Food and Drugs Act and claim it meets the highest requirements of the new law for constipation relief.
A lighthearted note observes that a person’s self opinion does not change the physical size of his hat. The remark highlights vanity versus reality in everyday attire.
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